The Start -After we moved to our newly built farm home, I decided it was time to get back to baking sourdough bread. I was seeing articles about sourdough bread being lower on the glycemic index than most bread, and we have several diabetics in our friend-and-family circle. It had been … [Read more...] about My Spiritual Encounter with Sourdough Bread Starter
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Names and Identities
How important is a name?Reputation or Identity?Certainly, we all recognize the importance of reputation when it comes to surnames. No one has a goal of having their name plastered on wanted posters at the local post office, or in the Police Record section of the newspaper. Remember the campaign that … [Read more...] about Names and Identities
Reasons to Learn to Knit in Times of Stress or Anxiety
What are you focused on when you are anxious or stressed out? Usually the answer is that we are focused on whatever is making us anxious. But what if you haven't even been able to isolate what is making you anxious. It's just a general, but overwhelming anxiety.Turn anxiety into activity! During … [Read more...] about Reasons to Learn to Knit in Times of Stress or Anxiety
How To Deal With the Loss of a Beloved Pet
You would think that after almost 70 years of living on this earth it would get easier to accept the loss of a four-legged family member. After all, countless others have preceded this one to the Rainbow Bridge.I don't personally know anyone who has not experienced the loss of a pet. I do know some … [Read more...] about How To Deal With the Loss of a Beloved Pet
Prepare an Emergency Plan for Your Horses
Do you have a suitable plan for your horses in the event of an emergency? Not just a first aid kit for the cuts and scrapes, but a major catastrophe. This current virus pandemic is keeping us home, and hopefully you are getting to spend extra time with your horses. At least if you are fortunate … [Read more...] about Prepare an Emergency Plan for Your Horses
5 Working Tips for the Best Fly Control for Horses
Some helpful tips for the best fly control measures to reduce the numbers of annoying flies around your horses. I have had my horses at home for about four years now. Flies found them immediately. Stable flies, face flies, biting flies, house flies, bot flies, horse flies, deer flies. And … [Read more...] about 5 Working Tips for the Best Fly Control for Horses
Trap and Kill Those Huge Biting Horseflies
Every horse farm, large or small, needs options to control biting horse flies and deer flies.From June through September, give or take, we battle deer flies and horse flies on our little horse farm. They make it difficult to do much of anything with the horses. Fly sprays aren't very effective, … [Read more...] about Trap and Kill Those Huge Biting Horseflies